Marsha Blackburn: “Just a couple of comments. Underfunded? No. We are overspent in this town. We have $18 trillion worth of debt, and it is…”

“Just a couple of comments. Underfunded? No. We are overspent in this town. We have $18 trillion worth of debt, and it is time to get a handle on that. Moral obligations? How about the moral obligation to our children and grandchildren? Admiral Mullen has said the greatest threat to our Nation's security is our Nation's debt. Let's put the focus on our priorities: keeping our sovereignty and keeping our Nation safe and secure. This is something we do for our children. It is something we can do for our national security. A penny on a dollar to get this spending under control. Our approach? Guess what. State and local government use this all the time. They can't go print money and run up debt. When I was in the State Senate in Tennessee, what did we do? We didn't go home until we balanced the budget because we had an obligation to get it done right the first time, before we walked out the door. And I do hope that we will put attention on our entitlements. But that is no excuse for not addressing what is in front of us today. To not address what is in front of us today is to kick the can down the road. I have a lot of constituents who aren't making and taking home as much as they were in 2005. They think we should reduce Federal spending even more, reduce the Federal workforce even more, because government is getting too expensive to afford. Let's engage Federal employees in this process. It has worked for the States. It will work for the Federal Government.…”